Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-07-21
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Conversations Between People Who Know
How 10 Say Something

Conversations Between People Who Know
How TO Say Something,
/ Isaac Came, rich shoemaker of Man.
chester who left his property to public
charities, opened his first shop opposite
TO the suilding where he had been ser
want, and put mp q sign which read: ~.
Came-from over the way" Somewhat
like this was the sign of tavernkeeper
named Danger, near Cambridge, who,
having been driven out of his house, built
another opposite, and inscribed it; Dan
ger--from over the way The successor
retorted by putting up new inscription
There Is no danger here now
The recent illness of Bishop Lee, of
Delaware, recalls one of the many bon
mots of the late Misc Katharine Bay
ard, who was noted for her cleverness
ut repartee. The secretary's daughter
was one day walking the streets of tn q
sleepy old town OF Wilmington, when n
friend who met her said that he had Just
seen her uncle, the bishop Gle was
looking very rocky ard ILL.," said the
Wllmingtonian, land tottered from side
to side as if he were seasick" at Is much
more probable" replied Miss Bayard,
Nuht ne Is only SICK OF MS see.
IL. n. Seixas, the New Orleans banker,
is now almost as much in New York as in
his tropical home. He is fluent con
yersationalist, and is fond of Latin. One
evening at the Hoffman House he was
missed from the parlor, where a gay par
ty of Southerners were making merry.
where have you been, Mr.. Seixas ~
asked a young lady when he returned
"On, just outside in the cuspador, walk
ing pro and con- he replied. He was
once deeply offended at a covert sneer in
Washington paper.
why said he. "that is chtamount to
calling me fooiw
Lord Rosebery, who married a wealthy
Jewess of the Rothschild family, once
took her to India with him. They ct
tended dinner at Calcutta, at which the
Duchess of Manchester was seated next
TO the Rajah of Bundlecombe Tho Rajah
asked: And is this Lord Rosobery of your
great country--has he brought his wives
with him Yn"S sh!" exclaimed the duchess,
bushing scarlet. That's Lady Rosebery
over there, next the viceroy.n The Orien.
tai regarded Lady Rosebery for some
moments, and then remarked with a
Sigh: Poor young mani | hope they
allow him nicer one at home"
Onoe (writes, Edmund Yates) / was in
Paris omnibus, when young woman,
carrying a big millmer's box and looking
very tagged and weary, jumped on the
platform, and prepared TO stand the
iolting, there being no room inside. My
opposite neighbor, an aristocratio-loo
ing gentleman, advanced in years, rose
from his seat, stepped out onto the plat
form, and said TO the young milliner:
"Mademoiselle permettez moi de vols
cedar ma place. The girl looked at him
a second, and replied Pour qui me
xrenezvous, sspece de yieux saligaud ?"
Pardon, mademoiselle, ie ne s2vals pas
puuuo attention pouvait etre prise pour
une Intention And so saying, the
gentleman, who was no other than the
Prince de Joinville, resumed his seat,
ana | understood why Frenchmen never
offer their seats in an omnibus TO ladies
whether young, old or middle aged. 1t is
not the custom of the country, and the
kind attention might therefore be mis-
taken for wicked "intention,.